A school of Ca Tru (ceremonial singing)made its debut in Hanoi on March 18, helping preserve humanity’sintangible cultural heritage.
The Thang Long Ca Tru school is developed from the Thang Long Ca Tru club founded in August, 2006.
Among artists, researchers, musicians and audiences at the debutceremony were Prof Tran Van Khe, who have made active contributions topromoting Ca Tru abroad, and music researcher Dang Hoanh Loan, whoinvolved in developing documents on the ceremonial songs to submit forUNESCO’s recognition as the world cultural heritage in 2009.
Prof. Tran Van Khe described the establishment of the Thang Long Ca Truschool as an effort in making the art prosper and reviving a type oftraditional art activity in former Thang Long.
Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) was listed as a cultural heritage in needof urgent protection by UNESCO at the fourth session of UNESCOinter-governmental committee for the Safeguarding of IntangibleHeritage in Abu Dhabi September 30, 2009.
‘Ca Tru’, also known as “hat a dao” or “hat noi ” (ceremonial singing)which dates back to the 15th century, has also been listed among 12intangible global cultural heritage traditions in danger ofdisappearing.
Ca Tru, like many old and highly developed arts, has many forms.However, the most widely known and widely performed type of ca truinvolves only three performers: the female vocalist, a lute player anda spectator (who also takes part in the performance).
The female singer provides the vocals whilst playing her “phach” (smallwooden sticks beaten on a small bamboo box to serve as percussion). Sheis accompanied by a man who plays the “dan day”, a long-necked,three-string lute used almost exclusively for the “ca tru” genre.
Last is the spectator (often a scholar or connoiseur of the art) whostrikes a “trong chau” (praise drum) in praise (or disapproval) of thesinger’s performance, usually with every passage of the song. The wayin which he strikes the drum provides commentary on the performance,but he always does it according to the beat provided by the vocalist’s“phach” percussion./.
The Thang Long Ca Tru school is developed from the Thang Long Ca Tru club founded in August, 2006.
Among artists, researchers, musicians and audiences at the debutceremony were Prof Tran Van Khe, who have made active contributions topromoting Ca Tru abroad, and music researcher Dang Hoanh Loan, whoinvolved in developing documents on the ceremonial songs to submit forUNESCO’s recognition as the world cultural heritage in 2009.
Prof. Tran Van Khe described the establishment of the Thang Long Ca Truschool as an effort in making the art prosper and reviving a type oftraditional art activity in former Thang Long.
Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) was listed as a cultural heritage in needof urgent protection by UNESCO at the fourth session of UNESCOinter-governmental committee for the Safeguarding of IntangibleHeritage in Abu Dhabi September 30, 2009.
‘Ca Tru’, also known as “hat a dao” or “hat noi ” (ceremonial singing)which dates back to the 15th century, has also been listed among 12intangible global cultural heritage traditions in danger ofdisappearing.
Ca Tru, like many old and highly developed arts, has many forms.However, the most widely known and widely performed type of ca truinvolves only three performers: the female vocalist, a lute player anda spectator (who also takes part in the performance).
The female singer provides the vocals whilst playing her “phach” (smallwooden sticks beaten on a small bamboo box to serve as percussion). Sheis accompanied by a man who plays the “dan day”, a long-necked,three-string lute used almost exclusively for the “ca tru” genre.
Last is the spectator (often a scholar or connoiseur of the art) whostrikes a “trong chau” (praise drum) in praise (or disapproval) of thesinger’s performance, usually with every passage of the song. The wayin which he strikes the drum provides commentary on the performance,but he always does it according to the beat provided by the vocalist’s“phach” percussion./.
